RE: Adsactly Education - Florida History
Florida is one of the states in the United States that we Latin Americans know best. I think that here the number of Hispanics, especially Cubans, should be very large and Spanish should be the second most widely used language. According to some texts that I have read, Ponce de León travels to this area of North America to find the Fuente de Juvencia (or Fuente de la eterna juventud) (Fountain of Eternal Youth) that indigenous stories supposed in one of the emergents or in the background of a hammock of the Florida peninsula. About what you say about the people from Puerto Rico who have arrived in Florida, this is also a state that is continually hit by hurricanes and bad weather, likewise, is a very receptive state to immigrants from many countries and to have a very advanced culture of tourism. I remember when I was a child, Venezuelans traveled a lot to Florida, specifically to Miami, where they felt at home. Now I want to see the continuation, very especially to see all the curiosities you can investigate about this state, @bigtom13. Thank you for this series of posts.
I have done most of the research for the rest of the story, and yes, the Hispanic population is huge. And a very vibrant community, very much a part of the culture of the whole area.
As an aside, when Jim Crow hit major league baseball an exception was made for 'Cuban' players. For about 15 years there were players, a lot of players, that played with a Cuban passport. When they were black Americans they had to play in the Negro League, but as Cubans they could play in the Majors. One more huge black mark for America and Baseball.